Hi, my name is Tracie I am new here and have a 9 year old with Bipolar, ADHD and learning disabilities that are still being tested. I am also here for help on learning new strategies on discipline and coping with stressful times I also could use a friend feel free to message me and ask questions of give any pointers. Thank you for reading, Tracie

I'm new here too. I have a 15 yr old son wth bipolar and ADD. Getting ready to change his meds. I'm a little nervous about it. He seems to have calmed down a lot since I took him out of school. He has social anxiety and his therapist put on homebound school wth a tutor until I can enroll him in an online high school. I still keep firm boundaries and rules. When he was first diagnosed last April I didn't discipline him for anything and he just acted worse. I have found that if I he breaks the rules we both do a lot better if I wait an hour or so until I discipline him. It gives us time to cool down so that we can handle it without screaming at each other and making the situation worse. As for handling my own stress...I'm still trying to figure that one out myself...if you have any good ideas let me know. Hang in there.

Welcome gsmnp2013

I'm Donna, and I work with families in Indiana that are having problems in school. Homebound is a good alternative, when you are working to change medications. Online schooling is also working very well for lots of my families
with children with emotional and anxiety issues.

If you need help please make a new post. Also the bipolar site is more active. And you will find parents with children in there also. We will talk about what you need too.

Donna

I'm a new member and to be honest I'm struggling with how this site works, and how to navigate. I have a 12 year old son with bipolar, ADHD, odd, and a learning disability. We're on our 4th therapist, and have been under the care of a physiologist for Meds, and still are struggling in our home. I'm wondering where and when does it ever fall into place.

Hi, Daniell,

Does he really have these four disorders or have they been added over the years? What is his main disorder?

Doe he get good very regular sleep and exercise?

Here are some links that might help:
http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolps...r_disorder.asp

Mari

Daniel

We are here for you,

I like the link Mari put on here.

Donna